Too bad I'm not off today -,working closing shift today. I wish I could cook something for neighbors and family to celebrate - it looks like maybe there will be a coronavirus plan....police reform.....and less hunger/homelessness. Rob
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Too bad I'm not off today -,working closing shift today. I wish I could cook something for neighbors and family to celebrate - it looks like maybe there will be a coronavirus plan....police reform.....and less hunger/homelessness. Rob
And the GOP sidelined!!!!! Oh happy day!!!!! Rob
I think they’ll still be a factor as long as the 60 vote rule remains in place.Quote:
Originally Posted by gimmethesimplelife
Seems to me that half a dozen moderate Republican senators along with half a dozen moderate Democrat senators could really have a fun time this coming year.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDAHL
Romney's taking the heat for his moderate stand; he was greeted by people shouting "traitor" at an airport recently.
I'm no fan of his--I won't forget his assertion that Democratic voters are all moochers, not to mention the traveling dog caper--but he's been a rare voice of reason lately--maybe he's channeling his father.
Looks like the second seat will go to the Democrats as well. We’ll get to see what wonders they can perform.
Streets paved with gold? A chicken in a pot for everyone? $2,000 for each American, but why so low? Why not $10,000?Quote:
Originally Posted by LDAHL
Really, there are no limits, let’s go for it.
No surprise medical billing, covid relief, infrastructure. With both chambers and the White House the Democrats could go bold but they won't. Like the Republicans they are too beholden to special interests.
ETA And DACA.
There are never any limits when it comes to tax breaks for the rich or wasteful and often useless war materiel, so why shouldn't the government allocate money for infrastructure, COVID relief, environmental measures, etc.?Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Hopefully they’ll start with investigating why security was so woefully inadequate at the capitol today. Anyone who isn’t comatose was concerned that what ended up happening was going to happen. There should have been blm level security and we need to learn who made the decisions to not have it.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDAHL
Apparently you can take over a joint session of Congress and subvert the US government with far less effort than your average Gerard Butler "The ____ Has Fallen" movie leads us to believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by jp1
I'd always assumed there were layers of security not normally on public display. Certainly I have seen such layered deployments of resources in Sweden, Norway, and the UK.
The streets paved with gold could be attached to an infrastructure bill. While a chicken in every pot might offend vegan constituents, pot in every pipe would seem to be doable. Now that modern monetary theory has established that deficits don’t matter, payments will be limited only by what the bond market will tolerate. And if need be the bond market can always be regulated to taste.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
And we can thank republicans for teaching us that deficits don’t matter. So maybe there is something good about republicans after all!
I fear that some republicans are gonna be bummed when they learn that democratic control of everything means that selfie’s with the cops ‘protecting’ the capitol are no longer on offer.
There is no shortage of blame on both sides, not that the excesses of either excuses those of the other. But if only a fraction of the planned new spending materializes we will see levels of new debt that become truly horrific.
The amount of debt incurred by the trump administration has spiraled....Quote:
Originally Posted by LDAHL
Article in today's paper:
The US trade defiicit jumped to $68.1 billion in November, the highest monthly deficit in 14 years as a surge in imports overwhelmed a smaller increase in exports, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
Once again, I don’t see that one party acting irresponsibly is any kind of defense for the other party acting irresponsibly.Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
Do you think the next administration will curb this?Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
Who knows? But it should be noted.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
I don't know how spending will pan out, especially with all the stimulus packages, but I'd think it's almost a given that there will be more revenue from higher taxes on the wealthy.Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one